It's a wrap for Pratik Gandhi's 'Agni'

Mumbai (Maharashtra), October 7 : The shooting for Pratik Gandhi-starrer 'Agni' has come to an end.

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Helmed by 'Raees' fame Rahul Dholakia, 'Agni' also stars Divyendu Sharma and Saiyami Kher. Excel Entertainment, the production company of Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, has produced 'Agni'.

Announcing the film's wrap, Farhan took to Instagram Story and congratulated the team.

He shared a picture of the film's cast with the director and wrote, "Congratulations team Agni." The social media team of Excel Entertainment also shared a few pictures from the set to announce the film's wrap.

Reportedly, 'Agni' is based on firefighters and their challenges. Saie Tamhankar is also a part of the project.

The film was extensively shot in Mumbai and Delhi. More details regarding 'Agni' are awaited. Apart from 'Agni', Pratik also has 'Gandhi' in his kitty.

The Hansal Mehta's series will star Pratik as Mahatma Gandhi. He will also headline Jyotirao Phule-Savitribai Phule biopic.

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Russo brothers explore partnership with Excel Entertainment in India

Washington [US], July 24: The Russo brothers are considering a collaboration with Excel Entertainment, the Indian production company run by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar (Gully Boy, "Made in Heaven").

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According to Variety, Joe and Anthony Russo met with Akhtar and Sidhwani after the Netflix movie "The Gray Man" premiere and press conference in Mumbai. They discussed collaborating with Indian talent and the potential for "The Gray Man," which stars Dhanush from India, to become a franchise during the press conference.

The wide-ranging conversation between the Russo brothers and Akhtar and Sidhwani covered the theatrical experience, the significance of event films and VFX in today's market scenario, screen count in India versus the rest of the world, and its importance, the globalization of cinema, with language not being a barrier, and storytelling across cultures, working with Indian talent and the possibility of producing a film with an Indian director, as well as about work culture -- producing films with Indian directors. "We love what the two gentlemen [Akhtar and Sidhwani] have been doing with content in India, they have a brilliant knack for telling disruptive stories," Anthony Russo told the Indian media. "Although such things take time to materialize, we are definitely talking with them with regards to developing something. At this moment, I can only say that it's an exchange of ideas at this stage." Excel launched its activities in 2001 with the historic movie "Dil Chahta Hai," and since then, it has become a production powerhouse. Akhtar also directs, writes, composes, and acts in addition to producing alongside Sidhwani.

In addition to a long-term connection with Netflix, the business already has a relationship with Amazon Prime Video. "Jee Le Zara," the next film Akhtar will direct, stars Bollywood A-listers Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Katrina Kaif, and Alia Bhatt. Akhtar is now acting in "Ms. Marvel."

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'Ms Marvel' episode 4 teaser unveils Farhan Akhtar's character, watch video!

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Taking to his Twitter handle, Farhan shared a teaser of 'Ms Marvel' episode four and introduced his character from his Hollywood debut, leaving his fan go gaga. The 'Toofan' actor captioned the video, he wrote, "It's my pleasure to introduce you to Waleed! Catch me in the latest episode of Ms. Marvel on @DisneyPlusHS. Marvel Studios' #MsMarvel four episodes, now streaming in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English." In the teaser video, Kareem played by Aramis Knight leads Kamala into a mysterious chamber. While Kamala and Kareem were having a conversation. Farhan enters the scene and introduced himself, he says, "My name is Waleed. Your great-grandmother's story is of legend. When you're ready, we have much to discuss."

Farhan's look from the show has garnered a lot of praise from social media users. 'Ms. Marvel' is one of the highly anticipated Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) projects. It introduces Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan, aka the titular character, who is a Muslim American teenager growing up in Jersey City. An avid gamer and a voracious fan-fiction scribe, Kamala is a superhero mega-fan with an oversized imagination -- particularly when it comes to Captain Marvel. Aramis Knight, Saagar Shaikh, Rish Shah, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Laith Nakli, Azhar Usman, Travina Springer and Nimra Bucha are also a part of 'Ms. Marvel'.

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